About Chinese Characters

• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: 2002,（6）
• 页码范围: 71-71
• 页数: 1页
• 分类号: H12

摘要

Some Chinese characters refer to natural phenomena andsubstances, such as "雨" yu (rain), "云" yun (clouds), "雪" xue (snow),"电" dian (lightning) and "雷" lei (thunder). The original form of "雨"was"(?)," in which"(?)" represents the cloud layer, and"(?)"symbolizes rain drops.